Reinstatement Letter

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This letter is my formal request for reinstatement of Institutional Police Officer under the job classification, 8204. This request is submitted approximately 10-months after I tendered my willing and honorable resignation from said classification.
Having had sufficient time to reflect on and weigh the past decision and circumstances that led to my resignation, I felt compelled to reach out to Chief Barnes expressing my remorse for resigning and asked him would he accept my plea to be reinstated. Chief Barnes affirmed, “Yes” and he would not be against my reinstatement. He told me he would need to explore what he needed to do as the appointing officer to make it happen.
Chief Barnes was out of the office for approximately 2 weeks following our initial conversation handling some untimely family matters that arose. During that time, I browsed the Civil Service rules pertaining to reinstatement of Classified employees, and while I formed no conclusions, I found no condition/s that would preclude my return as an 8204.
Upon Chief Barnes’ return, he informed me he submitted my request to be reinstated along with his approval for reinstatement; however, it had been rejected citing "abandonment" pertaining to the day of my resignation. …show more content…

The term abandonment as it has been construed indicates to me, that I simply gave no one notification of my intentions to resign and neglected to fulfill my duties. While I’ll admit, my resignation was a hasty reactive move, the fact is, on that day I informed Lt. Jason Wendt, who assumes command in the Chief’s absence. Chief Barnes hadn’t been present the entire day and was out of town for a number of days to follow. There were no SEIU Classified Union representatives available or in their offices with whom I went to confer with several times prior to submitting my resignation

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